Table 10.2

Time to Transplant, 1997 to 2006

New Intestine Waiting List Registrations

Gender Year of Waiting List Registration
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Number of Registrations 134 152 149 170 219 203 205 250 284 317
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 21 19 28 31 27 36 34 27 16 20
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 81 99 87 100 84 101 89 72 50 64
Median TT (Days) + 496 313 276 333 310 289 212 232 261
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 191 219 174 186 255 201 182 158 190
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 520 464 492 999 443 334 404 +
Female Number of Registrations 66 66 58 80 106 88 96 127 132 149
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 17 54 23 37 36 18 9 24 13 15
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 68 122 114 115 82 60 59 72 45 45
Median TT (Days) 377 + 555 334 235 337 184 199 179 199
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound 148 + 226 173 162 198 129 135 108 141
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + + 904 569 + 312 252 300 +
Male Number of Registrations 68 86 91 90 113 115 109 123 152 168
10th Percentile of TT (Days) 44 12 33 31 26 45 45 32 22 24
25th Percentile of TT (Days) 113 59 67 56 93 125 110 73 54 83
Median TT (Days) + 191 287 238 398 310 368 411 306 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Lower Bound + 141 192 165 186 235 280 206 188 +
Median TT 95% C.I. Upper Bound + + 396 1,351 1,403 + + + + +


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(+) = Not determined due to insufficient follow-up; fewer than this percentile have transplanted.

TT = Time to Transplant in days.

This table takes a cohort of waiting list registrations and shows how long it takes for 10%, 25%, and 50%

(the median) of those patients to be transplanted. These tables take the point of view of a patient who has just

been registered on a waiting list and take into account all of the things that can happen to the patient after wait listing, including receiving a transplant, being removed from the waiting list, and dying.

See Technical Notes for a full discussion of the methods used for this table.